Associate Software Engineer - Ecosystem Engineering

Job Summary

The Red Hat Software Engineering team is looking for a talented Associate Software Engineer to join us. In this role, you will help our engineering teams contribute to open source projects and apply this experience to deliver enterprise-ready offerings that can be integrated to our customers' mission-critical systems.

You will contribute to many different open source projects using a variety of languages and technologies in support of our important customers and partners.

As an Associate Software Engineer, you will design, develop, and implement features, work on prototypes and work closely with our customers and partners.

What you will do

Create and guide development of new features and contribute to the upstream projects in Golang, Java or Python

Integrate changes in multiple projects and services into a consumable feature

Submit patches for bug fixes to the community and review patches from other community members

Work with the Quality Engineering (QE) team to ensure that projects are tested correctly

Publicize the work the team is doing via blogs, web postings, or conference talks

Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in AI frameworks, and leverage those in your day to day work

Proactively utilize AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) for code generation, auto-completion, and intelligent suggestions to accelerate development cycles and enhance code quality.

What you will bring

Programming experience with Golang, Python, or Java

Familiarity with Container and Container Orchestration tools like Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift

Proven experience with the Linux operating system

Experience with Git or GitHub

Familiarity with continuous integration (CI) flows

Good written and verbal communication skills in English

Ability to work equally well as an individual contributor or as a team member

The following are considered a plus

Agile experience, including scrums, backlog grooming, etc.

Record of contributing to an open source project or community

Experience with Terraform

Experience with Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform

Understanding of how CoreOS works

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About Red Hat

Red Hat is the world’s leading provider of enterprise open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to deliver high-performing Linux, cloud, container, and Kubernetes technologies. Spread across 40+ countries, our associates work flexibly across work environments, from in-office, to office-flex, to fully remote, depending on the requirements of their role. Red Hatters are encouraged to bring their best ideas, no matter their title or tenure. We're a leader in open source because of our open and inclusive environment. We hire creative, passionate people ready to contribute their ideas, help solve complex problems, and make an impact.

Inclusion at Red Hat
Red Hat’s culture is built on the open source principles of transparency, collaboration, and inclusion, where the best ideas can come from anywhere and anyone. When this is realized, it empowers people from different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences to come together to share ideas, challenge the status quo, and drive innovation. Our aspiration is that everyone experiences this culture with equal opportunity and access, and that all voices are not only heard but also celebrated. We hope you will join our celebration, and we welcome and encourage applicants from all the beautiful dimensions that compose our global village.

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